Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Links for 2007-01-30 [del.icio.us]
- news @ nature.com - Snakes that snack on poison - Predators take venom from prey and use it themselves.
Holy shit, that's awesome. - Restaurant Locator
Oh wtf......McDonalds now has a trip planner on their website so if you're going on a roadtrip you can have the locations of all the McDonalds along the way.
Links for 2007-01-29 [del.icio.us]
- SPIEGEL Interview with CIA's Former Europe Director: "We Probably Gave Powell the Wrong Speech" - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
The former chief of the CIA's Europe division, Tyler Drumheller, discusses the United States foreign intelligence service's cooperation with Germany, the covert kidnapping of suspected terrorists and a Bush adminstration that ignored CIA advice and used w - If MSG is so bad for you, why doesn't everyone in Asia have a headache? | Food monthly | The Observer
This is great...I always wonder why most people who claim to be so sensitive to MSG have no problem eating shitloads of processed food, almost all of which contain MSG under the label of "Natural Flavoring", with no ill effects....Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, fo sho... - ruhlman.com: Guest Blogging: Bourdain
I love that my future husband is so hip to the internets that he guest-blogs....here he is talking about guest judging on Top Chef this season. - Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Oldest women to give birth deceived clinic, paper says
Ugh....sometimes living in the future blows.
Monday, January 29, 2007
I am such a dork.
I'm watching Season 3 of Millennium on DVD and I just noticed that the doctor in this episode is the actress that plays Samantha Carter on Stargate SG1....seriously, dorktastic.
Update: Next episode...guy who played Spike on Buffy as ex-military crazy kidnapper...though I actually remember that and this episode from when it originally aired.
Scoliosis
So I have scoliosis. My mom has it so it's not a big surprise that I do as well, though I was in denial about it for a long time. When I got kidney stones a few years ago and had to get x-rays my doctor looked at them and said "Oh by the way, you have scoliosis." So there went the denial...ha. Anyway, I realized yesterday that I've never actually seen my spine or how much it curves so I had Chris take some pictures yesterday. The first one I upped the contrast on a little bit so that it's easier to see how far to the left my lower spine actually is. The second one, I had it traced with a sharpie so that it would really stand out.
Yeah, no wonder my back hurts all the time, eh?
Cape May County Herald
Ok, so there's this local paper here called the Cape May County Herald and in this paper they have a section called "Spout Off" which is basically like an internet messageboard only...it's in a paper. There don't seem to be any rules or guidelines for this "Spout Off" section and thus....it's fucking hilarious. Here are some of the better "letters" from the January 24th edition....these are not excerpts from letters, they are here in their entirety...also none of them are signed:
"Almost on a weekly basis, the Crest police have to harass the local teens (boys). I was wondering why? Is there an ongoing investigation I as a parent should know about? Truly these are a great bunch of boys."
"I have a test to see how illegals in our fine country can show their patriotism -- enlist and go to Iraq like real citizens, and if you survive then welcome to America."
"In reply to the North Cape May spouter from Jan. 17: I too am tired of the double standard white people have to endure. Why are beauty pageants open to all races, but they allow black beauty pageants which exclude all but black women? I'd watch the WET Channel. I have nothing to feel guilty for. My grandparents were poor farmers from Europe. We did not have anything to do with slavery."
"This is to who ever stole the riding lawn mower from the house on Fulling Mill Road in Rio Grande. How can you have the nerve to steal from a dead man? I hope you got your money's worth. I don't know how you can stand to look at yourself every day. And this is not the first time someone has stolen from that property."
"Whoever says that Jesus is a liberal should be reprimanded for defamation of character. Jesus never rewarded immoral lifestyles. When he forgave the woman who committed adultry, didn't he say sin no more and not more? Secondly, Jesus never confiscated wealth from the people and spent it foolishly and he never hated people that disagreed with him and he never advocated the murder of babies. Finally, he never was bigoted about people that believed in him the way liberals are. It's an insult to call Jesus a liberal and defamation of character."
"To the spouter about rent control: Why don't you buy a home? Realtors can work with you with as little as 5 percent down. Oh, you might have to pay a mortgage and contribute taxes."
"I really enjoyed having my business inspected by an inspector dressed like he was out for a run --no uniform, just jogging pants and a sweatshirt."
"I hope in the future the automakers will put diaper dispensers inthe cars so thoughtless people can stop throwing their childrens' diapers out the window. I am so sick of seeing them along the beach and streets and parking lots and especially my yard."
"Why are people not made to pay their child support? Do we enforce laws anymore?"
"Why do we have 9-1-1? I was on the parkway tonight on my way home from Atlantic City following someone who was weaving all over the road. I had two passengers with me, and I was afraid to even attempt to pass this person. I called 9-1-1 from three different phones to report this person, followed them for 22 miles (to their house) without the sight of even one police officer. The second 9-1-1 dispatcher tol me "I can't help you if you can't give me a better description of the vehicle." (I was unsure of the exact color of this "dark colored BMW-looking car with a license plate that starts with JIP.) I gave more than enough info on the vehicle, and updates of his location for him to be found. Not to mention, there was three state trooper cars parked at the barracks outside of Avalon. How is this possible?"
So yeah.....haha. I was gonna make snarky-ass comments about each letter, but I really think they speak for themselves. I love that there is absolutely no context for any of them. Also, I noticed that they have the "Spout Off" section on their site as well, so go there for more endlessly entertaining and entirely random bitching.
Links for 2007-01-28 [del.icio.us]
- CoolBusinessIdeas.com: Bone Wedding Ring
Insane. - Be the Perfect You that you can be!
Funny...but there are 900 of them! I cannot read them all! - Park, He Said - New York Times
A parking expert tries out the Lexus that can apparently parallel park itself.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Silly Internet Quiz Time!
 | I am:Samuel R. "Chip" DelanyFew have had such broad commercial success with aggressively experimental prose techniques. |
Which Classical Composer are you?
Giacomo Puccini
The philandering Italian who crafted some of the most unforgettable operas ever written.
Ok I got bored of that pretty quickly.
Links for 2007-01-27 [del.icio.us]
- Slashfood Ate (8): Great Super Bowl Dip Ideas - Slashfood
I like dips...I don't give a fuck about the Super Bowl though. - instructables : Tostones (Fried Plantains)
Bananas are the only food I absolutely will not eat...but man I <3 plantains. - Being Better Students
Hmm...I'm really, really bad at being a student..
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Flickr
Just a little note....I remembered that I had a Flickr account from probably 2 years ago that I'd never used so I added a link to it on the sidebar here and am in the process of uploading pics to it. It's pretty much the same stuff as I've got on my Picasa account, I'm just going to be cutting out the racier shit so that I have a place to send my family to look at pics...ha. I've also been playing around with the mobile-uploading stuff, so there will be cellphone pics too (though those will most likely be here as well). That is all.
Links for 2007-01-26 [del.icio.us]
- Sex-Change Operations: Mistakes in God's Factory - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
Biological male began undergoing hormone treatment at 12 in Germany...very good article. - Ballet, a Sex Change and a Small Revolution: The Odyssey of Jin Xing - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
Jin Xing has a one-of-a-kind biography: born as a boy, he advanced to the rank of colonel in the Chinese army. Then came the sex change and the staggering career as a world-class prima ballerina. - Path to Freedom
The Dervaes Institute is an 'off the grid' homestead in Pasadena, CA that produces 3 tons of produce annually. It's all run from solar panels and biodiesel. Over 350 different plants and a handful of farm animals thrive on a 1/5 acre lot.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Links for 2007-01-25 [del.icio.us]
- '\'No Catholic opt-out\'on adoption'
"You can either be against discrimination or you can allow for it. You can't be a little bit against discrimination." Sometimes Britain makes me happy. - I Want Your Skull
Art, Skulls, Toys, Blog! - The Collection
I totally need clothes that make it look like I have a giant bush!
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
I <3 Raeven, part III
me: so i cut chris' mom's hair the other day and she paid me in two packs of cigshahawhich is awesome cause they're fucking expensiveRaeven: dude are you in prison?
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
If this is it!
I am having a Huey Lewis attack....Raeven knows what I mean.
I can't wait til my life is mine again.
Links for 2007-01-22 [del.icio.us]
- Oddity of the day
HAHA....KKK members on a ferris wheel! - Public Rasterbation at I Make Things
Supercool - Local Food - FoodRoutes
Find local food, growers, farmer's markets, etc... - Home | burdastyle.com
I am occasionally really, really girly....for example, I really like to sew. Ha. Free patterns, bitches! - 'Hairless dog' species beats extinction - World Environment - MSNBC.com
I want a dog with a mohawk! - Wizard!
1995 web design + hilariously bad music + ginormous, over-inflated ego = WIZARD! The best thing on the internet! - Fresh Approach Cooking: Ricotta & Herb Dumplings
God, I'm starting to seem like a fat kid....I really do love food though.... - Pom Wonderful caves in to terrorists - Slashfood
Ever wanted to see a concrete example of a giant douche? I give you....this dude. - The World's Healthiest Foods
Super-useful.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Goddamn You Guitar Hero!
So what's worse than having to listen to wolfmother, alice in chains, foo fighters, and assorted other mediocre radio rock?
Listening to poorly done impressions of said bands, over and over and over, sometimes the entire song, sometimes just the beginning 5 times in a row while the person playing tries to not fuck up. And I'm not even in the same room.
Someone shoot me.
It all makes sense now!
So according to some British psychologist, today is "Blue Monday", also known as "The Unhappiest Day of the Year." Judging by my conversations with people lately, I think he's on to something. So at least feel happy that some dude in England thinks you're totally normal!
Or as Bas would say:
:( :( :(
LOL, FAG!
Sunday, January 21, 2007
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